--- title: I thought DLSS Frame Generation made Smooth Motion... description: Nvidia Smooth Motion, long overlooked in favor of native DLSS Frame Generation, proves its worth for older frame-capped games that never received official FG... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-thought-dlss-frame-generation-made-smooth-motion-irrelevant-i-was-wrong-sbdcyb6xo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I thought DLSS Frame Generation made Smooth Motion irrelevant — I was wrong | daily.dev og:description: Nvidia Smooth Motion, long overlooked in favor of native DLSS Frame Generation, proves its worth for older frame-capped games that never received official FG... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-thought-dlss-frame-generation-made-smooth-motion-irrelevant-i-was-wrong-sbdcyb6xo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/SbdCYb6xo.png og:image:alt: I thought DLSS Frame Generation made Smooth Motion irrelevant — I was wrong og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I thought DLSS Frame Generation made Smooth Motion irrelevant — I was wrong **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Nvidia Smooth Motion, long overlooked in favor of native DLSS Frame Generation, proves its worth for older frame-capped games that never received official FG support. Testing across titles like Elden Ring, The Crew 2, and Wolfenstein: The New Order shows it delivers a noticeably smoother experience with only minor artifacts. However, stacking Smooth Motion on top of native DLSS Frame Generation is counterproductive — while FPS numbers rise, latency spikes dramatically (sometimes quintupling) and visual artifacts appear. The recommendation: use Smooth Motion exclusively for legacy games without native FG support, and stick to native Frame Generation for modern titles. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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